Today across NYC, fast food workers walked off the job and joined festive picket lines, calling for a living wage, fair working conditions, and a union. You can find out more, including how to support their efforts, at Fastfoodforward.org. For live updates on Twitter, use #fastfoodfwd. Also, today at 4pm, join us for a rally in Times Square to show support in person!

From Walmart to fast food, low wage workers are standing up and demanding more!

Today, NYC fast food workers from dozens of stores, including McDonald’s, Burger King, Domino’s, KFC, Taco Bell, Wendy’s and Papa John’s are walking out, in a historic one day strike for a fair unionization process, decent wages, reasonable scheduling, paid sick days and an end to retaliation.

Put these multi-billion dollar corportations on notice: these workers do not stand alone.

Friday, Nov. 30thShow solidarity with striking workers as they go back to for work. Collective action is protected under U.S. labor law, and the workers are asking the community to be on-site at fast food locations around the city to support them as they return to the job.

Sign up for a shift on Friday by RSVPing to gfries@unitedny.org. Two shifts are available: 5:30am-8:30am and 9:30am-12:30pm. Meet-up locations are all over the city, including Manhattan (310 W. 43rd St.) and Brooklyn (2-4 Nevins).

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A living wage is one of the central things we need to accomplish. There is no humanity in an economic system that allows full time workers to live in poverty. We must end the exploitation of workers by corporations whose profits are at an all time high. How we value labor must be changed drastically and profits must be made subordinate to the well being of people.

Put 'the movement' back in The Labor Movement - http://www.labornotes.org/ ! Thank you for yet another excellent link and I'll also quote BW with - 'There is no humanity in an economic system that allows full time workers to live in poverty. We must end the exploitation of workers by corporations whose profits are at an all time high.' Never Give Up Striving For A 'BW' For All! Occupy Wall Street! Solidarity.

If the American people ever came together and that is a big if.We could boycott one large bank one fast food factory one box store one oil company .Than change might begin.I do not see this happening because human nature is selfish and corporations use our stupidity against us.

No I know what my actions are.I also know that this has been a pattern.I also know that I do not follow the rules of a self imposed Queen/dictator.Ithought Occupy was against that.I noticed that if an opinion was not in line with what the pig belived that person is a target.I myself have been union for close to forty years.Therefore I can not stand any selfimportant person.Everyone should have a voice without having to be called names etc.I know what my actions are.I also know that I would get the boot out.Fact is this person does the same thing and does not.So we call those people Pigs.

I realize that I never attacked Occupy.I realize that I have very progressive views on most subjects.I realize that I do not have to follow the rules of a self imposed Queen.I realize that when people attack me I will refrain.But for only so long.I have been to the marches when in the city.I also realized I would get the boot.Not to big a deal for calling a sow a sow.

Any highly paid union leadership out in front of this?Where are the big boys ?Must be out to lunch on our dime again.Thank God for grass roots or nothing would get done.The fat boys will show up if this gets a lot of attention and nation wide traction.Heavy media coverage will bring them out,Unless they are instructed otherwise.